FOOT BRAKE PEDAL FORCE CAPABILITY OF DRIVERS

AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE DISTRIBUTIONS OF FOOT FORCE FOR U.S. DRIVERS IN ORDER TO DERIVE GUIDELINES FOR THE MAXIMUM FORCE REQUIREMENT FOR ACTUATION OF AN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE BRAKE. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY ARE COMPARED WITH THREE OTHERS CONDUCTED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. SINCE THE 5TH PERCENTILE FEMALE MAXIMUM BRAKE PEDAL FORCE IS ABOUT 400 NEWTONS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT NO MORE THAN THIS FORCE BE REQUIRED TO ATTAIN NEAR MAXIMUM BRAKING CAPABILITY FROM A PASSENGER CAR. /AUTHOR/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Authors:
  • Mortimer, R C
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 503-513
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Braking; Driver performance; Drivers; Females; Foot; Force; Human beings; Human characteristics; Personnel performance; Physical distribution
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Distribution (Gen.); Female drivers
• ITRD Terms: 1361: Brake; 9016: Distribution (gen); 1772: Driver; 5421: Force; 1787: Man; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083609
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM